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What is Travertine honing (also called diamond honing)?

Travertinehoning is a sanding process to remove a thin layer of the stone. The thin layer may be equivalent to the thickness of a fingernail. All natural stone is mined from the earth and put through a diamond honing process to create a type of hone or polish look. Over time, the stone will wear down much like wood floors. We repeat this same process with the diamonds to restore your travertinefloors in Gilbert, AZ.

What are the advantages of Travertine honing?

Travertine honing will remove light scratches and wear, stains, and smells impregnated into the surface of the stone. Travertine floors become discolored over time. This discoloration will hide the natural colors and movement within the stone. Additionally, light scratches or wear can cause a floor to look dull and dirty. However, these scratches and wear cannot be removed without diamondhoning (sanding) past the scratches. Note that deepscratches can be removed with a diamond grinding process.

Will the Travertine honing create dust?

No, the travertine honing process is done with water to eliminate dust.

Do all companies use the same method for honing travertine?

No, most companies do not invest in diamond pads because they are very expensive. The use of these diamond abrasive honing pads is what sets us apart from our competition.

What are the advantages to using diamond abrasive pads?

Diamond abrasive pads cut the travertine floors flat and perfectly. At the stone quarry, they use these same diamond abrasives to create the finish and look of the polished travertine in Gilbert, AZ. With the process of using these pads to restoretravertine to new, we can ensure that your travertine will look as good or better then new and will last as long as a new installed floor.

What if my floor has severe lippage (uneventravertinetiles)? Unfortunately, we cannot run diamond abrasive pads across a floor that has too much lippage (uneven tiles). Since diamonds pads need to cut flat and smooth to get the best look, we will need to remove the lippage first or consider other options.

“I had a company do my travertine floors and they did not look as good as those in your pictures. Why? What was the difference?” (I get this question a lot) As more companies begin offering travertine cleaning services, the quality of the finished product has dropped in recent years. The main reason is the introduction of diamond impregnated pads, and polishing powders. Although diamond impregnated pads and polishing powders are not bad by themselves, many companies rely on them alone to restore floors. These pads and polishes use resins to pop shines and make a floor look good for a few months. Since we use diamond abrasive pads designed for travertine, your floors will actually wear like a new floor.

What is the difference of Diamond-impregnated maintenance pads and the original diamond pads? Diamond-impregnated maintenance pads buff the surface of your floors. The original diamond pads remove a thin layer of the stone. We use diamond restoration pads to ensure your floors in Gilbert, AZ look the best they can possibly look when we are finished.

Will diamond honing remove my lippage? (Lippage is the term used to describe the unevenness of the tiles. Typically, travertine and marble tiles should not be higher than the thickness of a credit card.) NO!, diamond honing will not eliminate lippage. However, using the same process, we have more aggressive diamond pads to eliminate the lippage. In summary, our diamond honing process will remove about a fingernail’s thickness of the stone. Our diamond grinding process can flatten out a floor in Gilbert, AZ. So, call Prestige Floor and Carpet Care to set up a time to meet with you and inspect your travertine tile and restore it.

So, you are called by a commercial property management company and are asked to give a quote for floor and carpet cleaning with truck mounted equipment at several of the commercial buildings they manage. You go and measure and put together the quotes for the services they are needing. You spend time and money and if you are a sole proprietor you are not on other jobs making money. All the quotes are in and you get a call from the management company saying you are hired and need to come in for a meeting to explain schedules and closing time for the property. While sitting in the meeting everything is looking great but they ask one last question you have never had to answer. “Can you secure the door partially opened with the hoses coming in?” You start thinking as fast as you can without pausing at all. “I can use a chain and attached it to something, I can use ratchet straps or tie downs, I haven’t seen the doors to see if there are handles to attach to.” Finally, you have no answer on how to prop and lock the commercial door with the hoses and cords coming through and not allowing the door to fully close and lock. After all your time and money invested they say “we’ll call you” we all know what that means. The prop-n-lock is the answer to give to commercial property companies that are looking for maintenance companies to use for the property they are invested in. Look up “store front doors” under google and look at images. This is the type of door that is on a lot of commercial property the prop-n-lock will work on a very high percentage of these types.

This is being used in several states and is starting to go global. When cleaning or repairing commercial stores after hours and need to keep the door locked yet partially open, this is the best tool to keep people from entering for the worker’s safety and store items.

With any type of hoses or extension cords coming in the commercial aluminum door, this device with lock the partially open door with a 2 ½ gape.

Do you have a tile and carpet cleaning job that is scheduled for after hours or very late at night? Is it in an area that is not very safe? Are you taking the risk of being robbed while on a job and need to secure the aluminum commercial door? This is three questions that can be easily answered with a new device called the prop-n-lock

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Your Building Security is Important to Us!

When we clean floors and carpets at Commercial Buildings we always secure the doors with Prop-N-Lock.

Prop-N-Lock is made from 1" think aircraft quality aluminum, anodized for long-life and durability. Manufactured and assembled with high quality hardware, it has 1/8" thick neoprene rubber cushions so the metal never touches any area of the door or frame.

For complete security and safety, no one will be able to enter your building while we work on your floors.